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Vol.34.p.893

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Diary Transcription:

page 893

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Wednesday, February 14, 1940 (continued)

(1) G 2436 (continued)
G 2436 A. Drawing of shaft.

(2) G 2438
G 2438 A: In shaft and chamber. Total depth 5.8 meters. Sand, limestone debris, rubble and stones. Cleared. Drawing.

G 2438 D: In shaft and chamber. Total depth 3.05 meters. Sand, limestone debris, rubble and stones. Chamber on east. Built of masonry and roofed with slabs. one of the roofing stones is broken but found inside it. No blocking. In the chamber, limestone north-south coffin with lead thrown east of it. Found in chamber debris: decayed broken wooden head rest, and fragments of a pottery bowl. Cleared. Drawing on page 894.

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Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Expedition diary pages
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Display Page Dates
    02/14/1940
  • Translator
    Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]
  • Author
    Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • G 2436

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2438

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 2

Modern People

  • Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz]

    • Type Translator
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Diary translator. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926). Brother of Mohammed Said Ahmed (Head Reis 1936-1939). Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.

  • Mohamed Said Ahmed [Diraz]

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Head Reis for the Harvard-MFA expedition, 1936–1939. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926) and brother of Mahmoud Said Ahmed [Diraz] (Translator) and Ahmed Said Ahmed [Diraz]. Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.